Marine safe



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MARINE SAFE.

' No. 260,325. Patentd June 27.1882! 2 Sheets-Shet 2. A. D. ROTH. MARINE SAFE.

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.No. 260,325. Patented June 27, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS D. ROTH, on BLACKHEATH, O0UNTY on KENT, ENGLAND.

MARINE SAFE.

SPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,325, dated June 27, 1882. Application filed November 15,1881. (l\"o modal.) Patented in Eugland June 17, 1881, No. 2,658.

To all whom zt may concem Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS DANIEL ROTH, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Blackheath,in the county of Kent and Kingdom of England, merchant, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Savin g Life and Properiy at Sea, (for which I have obtained provisional protection in Great Britain, dated June '17, 1881, No. 2,658,) of which the followin g isa specification.

My invention consists in forming a floatin g buoy of any suitable shape and material, arranging and fitting up the interior of the vessel as a safe for documents, mails, bullion, or valuables, and attaching to the exterior of the vessel belts, bands, or loops at or about the line of flotation, so as to afford meansof litepreservation when needed, or to suspend articles too bulky for the nterior. The apparatus may also be used for landing ships mails on difficult coasts.

I will now proceed to describe the same by the aid of the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 represents an elevation of the apparatus Fig. 2, a plan; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on the line A B; Fig.4, a vertical section on the line 0 D Fig. 5, enlarged detail of the hca d of the bell; Fig. 6, a vertical section of a buoy constructed upon a double-cased or cellular principle; Fig. 7, a horizontal section of the same; Fig. 8, enlarged detail of the head of the bell as shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, a is the outer shell of the buoy, which I prefer to make of a balloon or pear shape and of copper or other metal.

1) is a top or crown plate, removable by taking out the screws c; or the crown-plate may screw into its seating upon suitable paoking. Removing this crown-plate, access to the interior is gained.

d is a trap-door hung in a light stronframe across the buoy and fitted With a safety-lock. This door extends as a diaphragm across the waist of the buoy and forms the lower part, 6, into a strong closet for the reception of mails, specie, jewclry, papers, or other valuables, Which, being inclosed by the frame and door, are prevented from being shifted by the action of the waves so that they cannot be thrown into the upper part or air-chamber of the buoy.

The part 6, which is separated by a similar diaphragm and door, forms a second chamber.

The necessary ballast may be provided by thickening the metal of the bottom plates to any required exten t.

Upon the body of the buoy is hung a bel],

-enlarged in Fig. 5,) or any-other description of universal joint may be used, the object being to cause the clapper to strike by any wave motion of the buoy or wind action upon the ball la, which is attached to the standards h, and this hall may be nickel-plated or otherwise rendered reflective of light to operate as a sight-signal; and further t0 assista this the buoy can be coated with luminous paint.

A baud, m, is formed round the buoy at or about the line of fiotation, and to this band are connccted rings, loops, or life-belts n for the assistance of drowning persons or for the suspension of bulky articles;-

Figs. 6 and 7 represent sections of a buoy of similar form, but constructed upon the doublecased or Cellular principle. The outer casing consists of a series of Water-tight compartments, 0, and the crown-plate p isalso cellular and fits into the openin g in the crown betweenpackings of waterproof material, the screws s firmly securing it in place.

Fig. 8.shows a mode of hanging the bell without independent rocking motion; but it is attached to a block, u, in which is a socket to receive the ball o,formin g the joint of the clapper, or a short rod or other connection may be attached to the top of the ball 4) and to the signal-bail, by which connection the signalball may by wind action be made to assist the clapper in striking the bell.

Either of the modes described of arranging the sgnals may be applied to either form of boy. The signal-standards and clapper-rod may, be tubular, to combine lightness With strength, and in the douhle-cased form of buoy a packing of cork may be employed between the two casings. The signal-hall may be for ICO nished With a light similar to a, divers lamp, or an electric light may be employed by constructing a. reservoir for storing electricity within or upon the buoy, and the buoy being coated with luminous paint, as before stated, the whole object would thus be conspicuous at; night. To form a.flotilln two or more of these bu0ys may be connected by links or chains. Mails can also be landed by means of these buoys and fionted frein ship to shore upon coasts which are otherwise diflicult t0 approach.

The appamtns for saving life and property at sea, consisting of the receptacle a, havng 15 the removable section b, the compartments e, formed by the horizontal partitions d, providedwith doors, combined With the standards h, secured to the rcceptacle a, crossing each other at their npper ends and having a rocking bar, 9, and. the bellf, bang upon said bar and provided with a clapper, z, suspended therein by a ball-and-socket joint, j, substantiaily as described.

AUGUSTUS DANIEL ROTH. Witnesses:

EDWRD JOHN PYNE, HENRY F. TALBOT. 

